In Him I Shall Rest; I Rejoice; then Shall I See His Face with Pleasure

Ed J. Pinegar, Richard J. Allen

Enos ends his account by bearing his testimony about the coming rest of the Lord that awaits him. His last words recorded on the plates raise a question of conscience for us all: Do we look forward with rejoicing to the time when we will be brought into the presence of the Lord? Do we have the certainty that our mortal probation will have been completed with full devotion and acceptable valor? Just prior to his benedictory statement, Enos gives the key to the matter: “And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of the world” (verse 26). Enos is about to depart with rejoicing because he has honored his covenant service all his days and rejoiced in the word of God above the things of the world. May we do the same.

Commentaries and Insights on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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